3 attempt to rob youth, one caught by residents

Three miscreants attempted to rob a youth riding a bicycle in the meat market located near the railway bridge. One of the suspects took the money from his pocket at sword-point.

The victim said during the incident, the robbers were walking on foot with a sword. When he reached near them on a bicycle, they surrounded him. They asked him to take out money from his pockets. One of them forcefully took out the money from his pocket. When he tried to raise the alarm, he threatened to severe his neck.

He said he managed to raise the alarm, following which some residents showed courage and caught one of the miscreants, who took money from the victim, while two of them managed to flee the scene.

The residents said they called the police several times and later, they reached the scene and took away the man to the police station. The police assured that action would be taken against the suspect and his two accomplices would also be identified and nabbed. It could be possible that the miscreants might have committed such incidents in Jagraon city.

Ludhiana